Stake-pocket.



L. D.. GREGG.

STAKE POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5. 1914.

1,145,479. I Patented July 6,1915,

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2U eterne ortica LoUIsDAr/IARIN GREGG, or HACKENSACK, .NEW .TE-nsEY, AssIGNoR To THE GREGG COMPANY, LIMITED, or HACKENsACK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0E NEW YORK.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, vLouis DAMARIN Guinee, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hackensack, in the county 'of Bergen and State of New Jersey,`have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stake- Pockets; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and 'exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of Athis specification.

My invention relates to stake-pockets for securing stakes to cars, and particularly to that type in which is embodied a swinging door to a pocket, ther door being capable of being lifted and swung to one side when the pocket is to be opened, and not requiring any extraneous or locking devices for holding it when in its closed position.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved Afeatures of construction in a. stake-pocket of the type mentioned by which the door can be more readilyl lifted when being opened and without binding on the hinging pin or at any time throwing such stress on the pin as might tend to bend or deflect the same and thusmake it more difficult to manipulate the door.Y Also in which a fulcrum for the hinged door will be provided at the rear ofthe hinging pin, and in which also the free end of the door can be released from the holding nose or keeper' of the pocket without the necessity of lifting the door to the same extent as would otherwise be the case.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear the invention consists in the features hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, and in whicl Figure l is a front elevation of a stakepocket embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 3 isa vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, with the door lifted and ready to be swung open; Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a portion of the pocket and doo-r, with the,

door in its closed position, and illustrtng Specification of Letters Patent.

s TAKE-PocKET.

aspring that may encircle the hinging pin or jpintle.

In the drawing the numeral 1 designates thebody-portion ofthe pocket which may be of any appropriate design ybut i's preferably of the form illustrated, and has at vone point a nose or keeper 2 'to receive the free end of the door 3, and at another point has a bolt or pintle f1 to receive the butt-end of the door vand serve as a pintle for the door to swing upon. The butt-end of the door is 'formed with an internal cavity 5 .when the door 'is raised as shown in Fig. 3

preparatory to"` being swung outwardly.

, ratenteaJu1ye,1915. application med November 5, 1914. serial No. 870,457.

elongated in the direction ofthe length of Y The ldoor in its lowerrnost or closed position u appears as in Figs. 1 and 4, with the under face 'or bottom of its butt resting on the lowermfost ear 9 of the body portion as seen in Figs. 1 and h said ear, 'at the rear of the pintle, serving as the fulcrum for the door in lifting the latter as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4,-thus facili.tatingthe lifting of the door and taking practically all stress 'from off the pintle. The under face of the door isfoimed with a wedge-'shaped recess 10i'the basefof which will lie substantially parallel with the top face of the socket-keeper 2 when the door is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3 so that the door may then be swung outward for `the release ofthe stake. By forming this recess the doo-r may be given more depth of metal at its rear portion for increased strength, and the ne eessity of lifting the door higher in order to clear the socket-keeper is obviated.

It is preferred to form a bead 12 around the top edge of the butt to give additional strength 'and to extend this bead upward to form a flange 13 at the forward end of the i as to eXert a downward spring pressure on the door but this is not essential and may be omitted. Under this construction lightness without sacrifice of strength is obtained, and greater ease and iiacility in operating the door is attained, and any undue stress and deflection oit the pintle and binding or cramping of the parts in operation is prevented. Y

l have illustrated andv described the preferred details of construction of the several parts but changes can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what l claim is l. A stake-pocket having a hinged door capable of tilting vertically and swinging transversely in opening and closing, and means for supporting the door in a substantially horizontally extended position when open.

2. A stake-pocket having a swinging door formed with a tapering socket in its butt to receive a pintle and permit the door to swing on the pintle and to tilt in relation thereto.

3. A stake-pocket having a door, a keeper for its tree end, and a'pintle hinging the door, the butt of the door having a socket for the pintle of sufficiently greater diameter than the pintle to permit the door to move or tilt vertically in engaging the keeper and also to swing transversely of the axis of the pintle.

Ll. A stake-pocket having a swinging and vertically tiltable door, the door and a porn tion of the pocket at the free end of the door formed to interlock one with the other, and means for supporting the door in a substantially horizontally extended position when open.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 5. A stake-pocket having a tiltable and hinged door formed at its rear with a buttsocket to receive a pintle, the lower portion of the butt at the rear of the pintle resting upon a fulcrum and the wall of the socket in front of the pintle being normally spaced from the pintle and movable toward the pintle when the door is raised.

6. A stake-pocket having a tiltable and hinged door formed with a butt-socket to receive a pintle, the interior of the socket being elongated in the direction of the length of the door, the rear of the door at the front of the socket being spaced from the upper bearing for the pintle and formed with an undercut portion, to permit the rear of the door to ride above the upper bearing of the pintle.

7. A stake-pocket having a tiltable and hinged door formed with a` butt-socket to receive a pintle, the wall of the socket in front of the pintle being normally spaced from the pintle and. movable toward the pintle when the door is raised, and the portion of the door at the top of the socket being spaced from the upper bearing of the pintle to permit the door to ride above the pintle-bearing.

8. A stakepocket having a tiltable and hinged door formed with a butt-socket to receive a pintle upon which the door may swing horizontally, and a keeper to receive the forward portion of the door,the door being formed in its lower face with a recess to permit the door to swing over the :face of the' keeper when the door is raised.

n' testimony whereof I affix my si gn ature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUS .DAMARIN GREG@ Witnesses:

RALPH E. DrnBoLD, JOHN D. WEBSTER.

ve cents each, by addressing the Gomniissoner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

